Brian Keene
@briankeene
Bestselling, award winning writer, editor, film producer, podcaster, and showrunner. Board of Directors for Scares That Care charity.
Congratulations to @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social on his gig writing the new Yellowstone spin-off!
Since @wrathjw.bsky.social isn’t here in person to bully us for playing Magic the Gathering… 😎
Our pal @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social was late for the event he was hosting so we decided to fill in for him. #GenCon
Didn’t get any writing done today, but I did help build this awesome fort which is suitable for sitting inside of with a flashlight and fruit snacks, so that’s okay.
And you may find yourself, floating alone in another hotel pool And you may find yourself, still on the road promoting books after 30 years And you may ask yourself, what even is retirement exactly And you may say to yourself, my god, I should have become an HVAC technician
Attorney, longtime reader (pre-The Rising), and friend of 30ish years Jamie LaChance passed away this morning. Not entirely unexpected but we had all hoped he’d beat it. I have no more eulogies. See you at the End of the Road, brother. Give my best to Jesus, the Daves, H, Pic, Weston, and the rest.
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Good morning. This is George. He's disappointed that I didn't plant a garden this year, and he also has some thoughts about a book by @thejessmchugh.bsky.social on today's Blog for Women In Horror Year: www.briankeene.com/algorithmzer...
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Out today in audiobook (for the first time ever) and narrated by the great Chet Williamson! www.briankeene.com/news/an-occu...
Remarkable piece by @zachrabiroff.com (and one I’d personally love to see expanded to book length).
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Latest acquisitions. This completes my run of Marvel’s Tarzan and winnows me down to 3 issues left for a full run of ROM. Particularly love those Phantom Stranger covers.
What do zombies, substance-induced fugue states, Brooklyn, GenCon, and Paul Tremblay have in common? They're all in this week's newsletter. briankeene.substack.com/p/letters-fr...
My stepdaughter just got me this awesome replica gold record. Will have to rearrange so I can hang it with the signed poster from season one and the prequel poster.
The other night, in our USS Austin group text chat, Grant Riffle sent pics of the sunset from his place in Florida. A day later, he’s unexpectedly passing from this world (within the next few hours). As far as last sunset he’ll ever see, it’s a good one. Godspeed shipmate. And then there were 4.
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One of my writer rituals is that I always edit the second draft of a novel (as I am this weekend) to the box set of Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band Live/1975-1985. Vinyl, cassette, CD, digital — it’s a perennial album for me.
'It was Monday, around high noon at some point during the Mesozoic era, and Tony Genova was sitting on a rock, thinking about Frankie again.' FALLING ANGELS: The Labyrinth, Book 4 Fall 2026 Catch up now with books 1 through 3 in paperback, eBook, and audiobook: www.briankeene.com/thelabyrinth...
The New York Times bestselling, award-winning THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: NEW TALES OF STEPHEN KING’S THE STAND, edited by myself and Christopher Golden is just $3.99 on Kindle from now until June 26th! amzn.to/4oBtX9A
Seems to me that if this supposed danger is that imminent, you’d publicly name the event, if not the person. And yet, despite increasing calls to do so, you instead obfuscate and pivot. It’s almost as if you care more about getting attention than you do the marginalized members of or community.
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You and your partner have claimed for over a year that a vast white nationalist conspiracy has allied against you to prevent her from attending various conventions. When repeatedly asked for evidence, you offer a rambling word salad essay on Strange Horizons that clarifies nothing. (Continued)
On sale today in Italy (and available to US-based readers, as well) -- NEMESAI -- a dark fantasy novella by myself and @urbancik.bsky.social. Details here: www.briankeene.com/news/nemesai...
Having fun with Sarah Langan, Rebecca Rowland, and Ron Malfi in the bad kid section. #stokercon